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Where angels fear to tread? Mapping women and men in India

Kumar, N.; Raju, S.; Atkins, P.J.; Townsend, J.G.

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Authors

N. Kumar

S. Raju

J.G. Townsend



Abstract

The authors have produced the Atlas of Women and Men in India, using material from the 1991 Census, mainly at district level. The Atlas may be unacceptable to Indian geographers because it seeks to question the authority of numerical data and of maps, and to Western geographers because this is "mapping before we understand the process". The authors introduce maps of the sex ratio in India and explore through a map of changes in the sex ratio 1981 - 91 some numerical, analytical, and ethical problems of such mapping. The Indian feminist activists consulted want the Atlas for advocacy: does this justify its production?

Citation

Kumar, N., Raju, S., Atkins, P., & Townsend, J. (1997). Where angels fear to tread? Mapping women and men in India. Environment and Planning A, 29(12), 2207-2215. https://doi.org/10.1068/a292207

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 1997
Deposit Date Dec 12, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Environment and Planning A
Print ISSN 0308-518X
Electronic ISSN 1472-3409
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Issue 12
Pages 2207-2215
DOI https://doi.org/10.1068/a292207

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Kumar N, Raju S, Atkins PJ, Townsend JG, 1997. Published in Environment and planning A, 29(12), 2207-2215, 1997, 10.1068/a292207




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